Page 69 of Hunted
I groaned.“Fuck.Yes.Fine.Yes, just stop talking!”
She took me at my word, ignoring my false tone of annoyance.Slipping her deft fingers inside my pouch, she coached my cock out and slid her lips over my length, taking me in deep and working my slick shaft with her hand.I mewled, overstimulated and exposed, and loving every second of it.I didn’t always enjoy this, but at the right moment, with the right person....She sucked harder, wrapping her tongue around me, and I threw my head back and roared as I came, my claws shredding the mat beneath me as I scrabbled for something to hold onto.
Martina growled and lapped at me hungrily.I looked down to see her, utterly debauched, wild shifter eyes glowing and my cum spilling from her lips faster than she could swallow it down.
“Fuck.” I dropped my head back against the mat and closed my eyes, shuddering when she finally released me.
The fury and the wild overwhelm had left me and I was completely boneless.
Martina chuckled and got up, padding over to find a towel before returning to clean us both up.When she was done, we lay side by side on the mat, not touching, letting the fan overhead cool our sweaty skin.The gym was silent again, except for the slowing cadence of our breathing.
After a long moment, Martina muttered, “Feel better?”
I stared at the ceiling, sweat cooling on my skin.“I have no idea what you mean,” I drawled.Then I sucked in a deep breath, exhaled, and tried again.“Yes.For the moment.”
I turned my head to gaze at the pretty face of one of my original court members and oldest friends.I didn’t bring up the change in our relationship.I knew she probably needed time to process what had just happened.Instead, I addressed her real question.“I’m losing my mind,” I said on an exhale.“Nothing is going to plan.And my entire court keepsquestioninganddisagreeing.It makes me want to spew flames and crunch bones.”
She chuckled, her rich, dark brown eyes meeting mine, then flicking a few millimeters to the side, silently acknowledging my dominance.“You didn’t choose any of us because of our ability to blindly follow orders.”
I huffed and turned my head away to stare at the ceiling again.“No.I didn’t.But that doesn’t mean the unhinged dragon inside melikesit.”
Her hand found mine, our fingers lacing together.“We’ll make it through this, Princess.Soon, Acacia and the emperor will both be dead, the syndicate will be buried, and we can all take a trip somewhere warm and tropical and not worry about a single thing.”She winked, “except how to please our haughty, demanding alpha, who I’m sure will be evenmoredemanding, once she has possession of her full, glorious dragon magic.”
I snorted a dry laugh.I almost told her about the weariness inside me, how it grew every day.I almost told her that I wouldn’t be there to take that trip with them.But her hand in mine was so warm.Her grip so strong and sure.
I closed my eyes.Soon.Soon I could rest.And they could all be free.Free of the emperor.Free of the syndicate’s corruption and cruelty.And free of their useless, unstable dragon alpha.
Chapter 24
Ruya
“Ruya.”Sadavir voicedsoftly, pulling me out of my thoughts—worries about what everyone else was up to right now, fears about Robin losing herself...I had warned her, when I first learned about her ruthless pursuit of revenge, that such things could darken a person’s soul.I’d thought I was getting through to her.Getting her to reconsider just how ruthless she should be when it came time to purge the syndicate.She had shown mercy to the unwilling servants she had freed during her first attempt on the emperor’s life.She seemed to be softening.But now...her birthday was in a week, and it was obvious she wasn’t overexaggerating the consequences of coming of age without her birthright.
In fact, I was pretty damned sure she had beenunderexaggerating before.And Acacias demands, sending her out to do cold-blooded murder at her the enemy’s whim...I was afraid it was eroding the change of heart I had worked so hard to nurture in her, extinguishing the light I wanted to nurture.
Would there be anything left of the woman I loved, once this mess was all over?Especiallyif I robbed her of her vengeance.I still hadn’t found the right time, or the courage, to tell her about my bargain with the wild fae elder.How he had made me promise to kill the emperor myself.All question of how the hell I was supposed to even manage that task aside...I had a feeling it would break something in Robin, if she wasn’t the one to avenge her family.
